Happy Birthday Sweet Stampin'

 We're celebrating our birthday at the Sweet Stampin' blog this weekend and we'd love you to join in our birthday-themed challenge.  It'll make a change from making Christmas cards!

Here's my DT make:

My main image was created using a layering stencil which I think is by Gina K. I used a combination of ink brands and added a stamped birthday sentiment from an ancient Papertrey Ink set.  I layered the image onto a pink cardstock mat before adhering to a black A2 card base.  Quick and simple!

Hope you can hop over to the blog to check out the inspiration makes from my lovely Sweetie teamies.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Tracey xx

Use Red

 I hate to tell you this, but we're just over a month away from Christmas!  Have you started on your cards yet?

As our challenge theme at Sweet Stampin' this fortnight is to Use Red, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to add another card to the Christmas pile (I admit, it's a very small pile right now - so small, in fact, that it probably doesn't even qualify as a pile).

Anyway, here's my DT card for the challenge!

I stamped the Stamping Bella Gnomes on to Make it Colour cardstock and used my Copics to colour it in. I added a little bit of Glamour Dust for some sparkle on the white trim and pom poms on their hats.  The sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn set, I think.

I adhered the image to a panel of red cardstock and layered this over a piece of embossed card which I then cut to A2 size.

This was reasonably quick to make and the embossed card just adds a subtle little something.

I hope you can play along with the team at Sweet Stampin' this fortnight.  Do check out the fab inspiration makes provided by my teamies over on the blog.

Have a great weekend

xxx